But the actual act of cooking? The dicing, slicing, preparing, and handling?

not my favorite.*

This is why I like love my slow cookers so much. I love that I can toss food in, push a button and walk away.

And when you pair PHILADELPHIA's new Cooking Creme with the slow cooker, you've got the ultimate in lazy cooking.

Life just couldn't be better.

* much of thisprobably stems from the fact that I've got a toddler firmly attached to my leg while I'm trying to chop, and can usually overhear the other two arguing in the living room.Zen Cooking? it just doesn't happen in our house.

Use a 4-quart slow cooker (if adding the optional add-ins, a 6-quart might be a better fit).

Put the chicken into your cooker. Add the entire can of tomatoes. Scrape out all the Cooking Creme (lick the container. It's GOOD!)Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until chicken shreds easily with a fork. Stir well and serve in taco shells or corn tortillas with your favorite toppings.

The Verdict.

Okay. These are delicious. I love, love, love that I can get dinner done within 6-and-a-half minutes in the early morning without needing to put on my contacts.

This seriously couldn't be easier to throw together and I love not dirtying up a cutting board. The kids ate everything on their plate and my nine-year-old had seconds (Adam had thirds).

The Santa Fe Cooking Creme has a fantastic flavor--there is no need to add any additional seasoning. There's definitely a kick, but not enough to bother kid tongues. I do think it would be too much for us with added chiles (if you wanted to use tomatoes and chiles).

I will make this again. Happily.

Here's a snaphsot of the ingredient label (click on the photo to make it larger).

Have you heard of the Real Women of Philadelphia? It's a play on the Real Housewives tv show franchise (I got sucked into the Beverly Hills and the DC Housewives, but then canceled the extended cable and now no longer get that channel. probably a good thing.)

Anyway--it is/was a cooking contest sponsored by PHILADELPHIA and the finalists have been selected. the winner will be announced during a Streaming Online Live Event on June 30th hosted by Paula Deen.

Looks amazingly easy and delicious!! One question though: Would you cook for less time if using thawed chicken?The variations on this are many I would think. don't they have an Italian style cooking creme? You could do the same basic thing and serve over bow tie pasta... I think I'll go to the store now :)

Trying a modified version of this tonight - with cream cheese that was in my fridge already & chili powder/cumin/green peppers. You rescued me! I was just peering in the freezer at chicken and wondering how I'd make into a dinner we'd want to eat.

Great post! The beginning sounds just like me... cookbooks, food TV, toddler on the leg, other 2 fighting...I've been looking at those new Philly cream cheese things but couldn't think what to do with them. I can't wait to try this!!!! Thanks!

I have 2 hands up!! This sounds great! i've been meaning to try this stuff. What's the difference with this vs regular cream cheese though? I'll have to check it out. I had a friend recommend a recipe that was similar to this. Thanks!

Well...despite the collie clinging to my leg and the two kitties wrestling in the other room, I love cooking (kinda different than kids, though!). That said, this sounds fantastic—anything Philly-cheese related usually does—and great for the super hot, humid days of summer when I do not want to fire up the oven or the stove! Thanks, will have to try it (though maybe with plain cooking creme and my own spices...celiac).

I have two hands up, pick me pick me!! I have just found your blog and love it already. It's great to have a new recipe idea with a little humor thrown in for good measure. I can't wait to make this and I just clipped a coupon for this cream cheese too. The family game night idea has been a hit/miss in our family too, but you have to keep trying I guess. Thanks so much and have a great day.

I made the creamy taco recipe for my husband last night. He had it in burritos and really liked it a lot. The juice was a little drippy, but he wanted it with some of the juice so that was fine. You can drain it real well if you don't like it messy! I had a container of the original (plain) cooking creme and wanted to do something for me (vegetarian), so I mixed half of it with a can of refried beans and some hot sauce and had some warm as a dip for chips. You could use the Mexican stuff too and you wouldn't need the extra hot sauce. I'd like to try the other flavors too. Someone mentioned beef stroganoff and enchiladas - sounds super easy!

I actually like the commercials. Makes me want to go out and buy some and since O'Dea has incorporated it into a slow cooker (which I became infactuated with last year because of her) I will definitely be making this NEXT week.

I saw a commercial for this just a few minutes ago, and while it sounded good I thought, "Maybe I'll wait until I know for sure...." Then, I get on to take care of the blog, and all of the social mediums, and BAM! Here's your post. Must be my lucky day!{:

I already had 4 chicken breasts, 1 can corn, 1 can rotel, 1 can black beans in my crockpot. But ran to the store for some Santa Fe Cooking cream to add. Alas, our store didn't have the Santa Fe, only the plain so I grabbed that and added it to my crockpot. The result was a little boring (we ate it over rice). So I mixed in a pkg of taco seasoning to the leftovers and YUMMY! I totally wanted to hide this from the kiddos! Thanks for the idea of how to use this new product!

I made this with three pounds of chicken breasts (frozen), 1 can fire roasted tomatoes, 1 block of Philly Cream Cheese, and a packet of taco seasoning. It was SO GOOD. My husband literally licked his plate and said, "That's good sauce on the chicken."

Very savory and creamy, and we enjoyed it. But in our opinion it's a little richer than we want with this hot weather. It will be back on our menu when Fall approaches. Oh, and we also used plain low-fat cream cheese and taco seasoning. Really can't see any time saving from using the more expensive Cooking Cream in this type recipe.

I understand why you might want to take commercial sponsorships, but I have to say I'm disappointed by this particular choice of ingredients. One of the things I really like about your recipes is that they use real food, and yet are still quick and easy. I'm not sure what "Cooking Creme" is supposed to be, but the ingredients definitely qualify is as not food: whey protein concentrate? maltodextrin? tapioca starch? carob bean gum? guar gum? sorbic acid? What are those? I am definitely not eating that.

Now I know why I like your recipes so much - because we have the same cooking philosophy. Around here, and for the same basic reasons, cooking is a means to an end. Maybe one day hubby and I will again spend an entire afternoon cooking Thai... My best guess is Sept 2031 :p

We are having this for dinner and I am so excited! I made it yesterday and the aroma was amazing. Of course I had to test it and came very close to standing there eating the entire thing out of the crockpot. Easy, fantastic. Instant love...

I made this yesterday in my crockpot. I loved it but thought it was a little on the runny side. Did I miss something? What would you recommend serving with it? I just did taco rice but thought I should have maybe had tortilla chips. I added sour cream and cheese to my soft taco. Overall it was yummy, SUPER EASY which is HUGE in my world, and ready when I got home which was another major plus for me. Thanks for sharing! I brought the leftovers to work today to share with others. :)

These were delicious!! I agree with Holly above; they did seem runny. I may drain my tomatoes next time. But it didn't really end up being an issue; we just used a serving utensil that let it drain. (Actually it was a pasta server!)

P.S. I realized that maybe instead of draining the tomatoes (which I don't really want to do--love the flavor), I will just pre-thaw the chicken and make sure to drain off all the liquid that come out as it thaws.

i made this the other night and love the flavor, but as noted above, we thought it was way too drippy and brothy and not creamy at all. I drained the leftovers and added more cream cheese to make it creamy, and next time I'll add everything except the cream cheese to the crockpot and drain it well when its done and mix in the santa fe or reg cream cheese. Love these super easy recipes though!

made this with rotel instead of regular tomatoes & added corn and black beans. We loved it! Even fed it to company that doesn't have quite a zeal for slow cooking like i do. thanks for another great recipe!

I made this a couple days ago, from memory (that's a scary thought!), anyway, I forgot to add the tomatoes and it was perfect without them! I used flour tortilla instead of taco shells, had all of the fixings on the side for everyone to add what they wanted! Delish!! Mary

Oh yum! I have 3 of these creams in my fridge and not sure what to do with them. I keep meaning to make something with them, but forget when I make my menu for the week. I bought them when they were on sale awhile back and ended up being free with coupons. This is going on the menu for next week!

I tried this tonight and it was absolutely amazing! When I first started cooking it, my husband said, "Ugh.. that does not look good." But by the time it was done, the smell alone was delicious. Surprisingly, both my kids ate it too. I'd definately recommend this. Tasted like I'd ordered chicken tacos from a Mexican restuarant.

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